"If you like. Do you think it a pretty name?"

"A sweet name. Now, Geraldine, will you tell me what made you take my face for a sketch?"

The utterance of her name pleased her. She looked up at me with lighted eyes.

"Have I not told you?"

"No. Your answer was evasive. I want the truth."

"I wished to see if I could hit off its expression with my pencil."

"And you have drawn a good likeness. But I miss one thing."

"What is that?" she asked, getting up and looking at the drawing.

"Look at those eyes," I answered, bending over her and pointing.

"Well; they are bold—do you mean they are not large enough?"